First Lady Marty Kemp joins Georgia Wholesalers in partnership to end Sex Trafficking in Georgia

On Tuesday, June 29, 2021, First Lady Marty Kemp announced a partnership with leaders of the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Georgia and the Georgia Beer Wholesalers Association to help end sex trafficking in Georgia. Through the partnership, wholesaler delivery vehicles will be fitted with bumper stickers that read “See Something. Say Something. End Sex Trafficking in Georgia.” along with the national anti-human trafficking hotline 1-888-373-7888. In the coming months, Georgia wholesalers and their staffs will also complete the Human Trafficking Awareness Training Program created by First Lady Kemp and the Georgians for Refuge, Action, Compassion, and Education (GRACE) Commission.  “While we are making progress in the fight against human trafficking, there is much more work to be done,” said First Lady Marty Kemp. “I am grateful for the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Georgia and Georgia Beer Wholesalers Association for joining us in this fight and raising awareness across the state. This partnership will help identify victims and get them the support they so desperately need.”  The wholesaler delivery network is comprised of over 500 delivery vehicles that visit more than 20,000 businesses each day, delivering adult beverages in each of Georgia’s 159 counties. Many of these delivery vehicles are often in higher density commercial areas where higher instances of sex trafficking occur. With stickers attached, these vehicles will become moving billboards to help raise awareness and promote action against sex trafficking.  The GRACE Commission’s Human Trafficking Awareness Training will also give wholesaler employees the tools they need to identify potential trafficking situations and alert the proper authorities. Human trafficking is often a crime hidden in plain sight, so raising awareness is an essential step to bringing criminals to justice and survivors to safety. By completing this program, wholesaler employees will join the nearly 58,000 state employees who are already trained. The thirty-minute course is available to all Georgia citizens and can be accessed at this link: Georgia Human Trafficking Awareness Training.